Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 185, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 28, 2005, 7:47 PM CST for Lowndes County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 28, 2005, 7:47 PM CST (01:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2005, 8:10 PM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lowndes County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 7:59 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Mosses, AL | IN MOSSES RPTD BY PUBLIC |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 5:40 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 105 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBMX 290147
TORBMX
ALC085-290230-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0185.051129T0147Z-051129T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
747 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE AREA OF HAYNEVILLE
* UNTIL 830 PM CST
* AT 744 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MOSSES...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAYNEVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
HAYNEVILLE BY 755 PM CST
LOWNDESBORO BY 800 PM CST
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3210 8682 3238 8662 3236 8660 3236 8655
3234 8653 3234 8650 3228 8650 3226 8645
3226 8643 3201 8667
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KBMX 290201
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
801 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005
ALC085-290230-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0185.000000T0000Z-051129T0230Z/
LOWNDES AL-
801 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CST FOR LOWNDES
COUNTY...
AT 757 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MOSSES...OR ABOUT
6 MILES WEST OF HAYNEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. GOLF BALL
SIZE HALE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3210 8682 3238 8662 3236 8660 3236 8655
3234 8653 3234 8650 3228 8650 3226 8645
3226 8643 3201 8667
$$
80000
WWUS54 KBMX 290210
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
810 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005
ALC085-290220-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0185.000000T0000Z-051129T0230Z/
LOWNDES AL-
810 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LOWNDES COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 810 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO
LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3210 8682 3238 8662 3236 8660 3236 8655
3234 8653 3234 8650 3228 8650 3226 8645
3226 8643 3201 8667
$$
80The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 6:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas | 34 min |
| Nov 28, 6:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay | 46 min |
| Nov 28, 7:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 37 min |
| Nov 28, 7:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Tallapoosa | 35 min |
| Nov 28, 7:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay | 18 min |
| Nov 28, 7:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 41 min |
| Nov 28, 7:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 33 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.